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Can anyone think of any Firework or Guy Fawkes scenes/themes in movies?

rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,772
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One I can think of is Cape Fear where Nick Nolte wakes up one night and sees Max Cady (Robert De Niro) sitting on his front lawn wall watching a massive firework display.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,832
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    V for Vendetta is an obvious one.
  • rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,772
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    afx237vi wrote: »
    V for Vendetta is an obvious one.

    I have not seen that.

    I suppose you could add films where a character has been burnt at the stake.
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    The Wicker Man
    Lancelot and Guinevere
    Frankenstein (technically, it wasn't a stake, but it felt like it)
    Any Joan of Arc film

    Fireworks:
    pretty much any American film that features 4th July.
  • rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,772
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    Takae wrote: »
    The Wicker Man
    Lancelot and Guinevere
    Frankenstein (technically, it wasn't a stake, but it felt like it)
    Any Joan of Arc film

    Fireworks:
    pretty much any American film that features 4th July.

    So, 'Born on The Fourth of July'?
  • CLL DodgeCLL Dodge Posts: 115,860
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    Wonderland (1999) has scenes shot on location at a Guy Fawkes Night display in South London. Brilliant film.
  • jeff_vaderjeff_vader Posts: 938
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    De Palma's Blow Out has a great fireworks climax.
  • mialiciousmialicious Posts: 4,686
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    In the first LOTR film gandalf puts on a fireworks display.
  • HarrisonMarksHarrisonMarks Posts: 4,360
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    Bill Maynard appears as Fawkes in 'Carry On Henry'. Strangely most Henry VIII fictions don't include the Gunpowder Plot.
  • Ancient IDTVAncient IDTV Posts: 10,174
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    A scene in one of the Naked Gun movies where the would-be nurderous doctor that Drebin is chasing crashes into a fireworks factory, causing all the fireworks to explode. As the factory workers run for their lives and a spectacular display ensues, Drebin urges members of the public to, 'Move along now. Nothing to see here.'
  • brangdonbrangdon Posts: 14,109
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    In Candyman they build a community bonfire near Cabrini Green; no fireworks but it had a definite Guy Fawkes vibe for me.
  • rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,772
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    I have never seen it, but does 'Bonfire of The Vanities' have a bonfire in it?
  • AbrielAbriel Posts: 8,525
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    Do they watch a New Years Eve firework display in When Harry met sally? - they did when we saw it onstage but I haven't seen the film in years
  • starman700starman700 Posts: 3,113
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    HarrisonMarks wrote: »
    Bill Maynard appears as Fawkes in 'Carry On Henry'. Strangely most Henry VIII fictions don't include the Gunpowder Plot.

    Probably because it happened during the reign of James 1st,some years after Henry the 8th died.....
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    rfonzo wrote: »
    So, 'Born on The Fourth of July'?

    It does have a shot of fireworks. :D Good film, though. Hang on, isn't there a shot of then-U.S. president Richard Nixon as an effigy on fire? I don't have a copy. Can anyone else confirm that shot?

    Edit:
    I'm still struggling to remember the titles of two films that feature similar scenes of people running around in a firework factory with fireworks going crazy. One is an American film and the other is a HK Chinese film.
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Police Story 2 final fight scene is in a fireworks factory
    http://youtu.be/FQjZ93TMfuU?t=8m40s
  • FizzbinFizzbin Posts: 36,827
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    In Flight of the Navigator, the main character's brother guides the spaceship home using the fireworks he was saving for 4th July.


    In Galaxy Quest the spaceship was also guided home by use of fireworks.


    And, of course, at the end of Return Of the Jedi there are a few celebratory fireworks.
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